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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0009-031-015
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate President Clinton's nomination of Dr. Joycelyn Elders to become Surgeon General of the United States. The episode aired on Thursday, August 5, 1993, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0009-031-012
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate whether there should be an investigation into the use of blood contaminated with the HIV (human immunodeficiency virus), the virus that can lead to AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome), in the 1980s for blood transfusions or injections. Thousands of hemophiliacs contracted HIV from the contaminated blood. The episode aired on Monday, August 2, 1993, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0009-031-004
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the need for legislation to require businesses to establish joint management-labor teams on worker health and safety. The episode aired on Wednesday, July 21, 1993, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0009-030-017
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the need for health insurance coverage to include prevention and treatment of mental illness as part of comprehensive healthcare reform. The episode aired on Thursday, July 15, 1993, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0009-030-015
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the need for legislation to protect physicians, patients, and clinics from violence and intimidation by abortion opposition groups. They comment on the anti-abortion group Operation Rescue. The episode aired on Tuesday, July 13, 1993, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0009-030-013
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the need for legislation to implement recommendations from a report pointing out the special dangers that pesticide residues in food pose for children. The episode aired on Friday, July 9, 1993, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0009-030-010
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the challenge of controlling the world's population growth and the need for international family planning services. The episode aired on Tuesday, July 6, 1993, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0009-030-007
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate whether comprehensive health reform should include protections for long-term care for the elderly and the disabled. The episode aired on Thursday, July 1, 1993, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0009-010-009
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the role of the federal government in programs such as the "war on cancer," a federally funded cancer research program established in 1971 by Congress and President Richard M. Nixon. The episode aired on Monday, March 9, 1992, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0009-009-007
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate which healthcare reform plan should move forward, the plan proposed by President Bush and Republicans, or the plan proposed by Democrats. The episode aired on Tuesday, February 11, 1992, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0009-009-004
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the need for comprehensive healthcare reform to guarantee insurance coverage for everyone and cost controls on medical care. The episode aired on Thursday, February 6, 1992, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0009-009-002
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the Bush administration's healthcare reform proposals. The episode aired on Tuesday, February 4, 1992, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0009-008-014
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the need for government action on cost controls to address the rising costs of health care and health insurance premiums. The episode aired on Monday, January 27, 1992, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate an experiment by some Veterans Administration (VA) hospitals in rural areas to treat patients from the general public. The episode aired on Wednesday, January 22, 1992, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0009-008-010
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the potential need for congressional action to prohibit tobacco companies from using cartoon characters to market cigarettes because of the appeal to children. The episode aired on Tuesday, January 21, 1992, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0009-008-005
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the practice in some countries of using abortion to select the sex of the child (that is, whether the child is male or female). The episode aired on Tuesday, January 14, 1992, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate whether action is needed to address the problem of default by medical doctors in the National Health Service Corps, who practice in neglected rural areas in exchange for federal scholarships. The episode aired on Friday, January 10, 1992, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0009-007-011
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the need for expanded prenatal care to prevent birth defects. They comment on a report from the March of Dimes Foundation stating that birth defects are the primary cause of infant mortality in the Untied States. The episode aired on Monday, December 30, 1991, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0009-007-009
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate a proposal to expand Social Security and Medicare to cover costs of long-term care for the elderly. The episode aired on Thursday, December 26, 1991, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0009-006-014
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming discuss the announcement that National Basketball Association (NBA) player Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr. contracted HIV (human immunodeficiency virus), the virus that can lead to AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome). The episode aired on Monday, December 9, 1991, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0009-006-009
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate President Bush's veto of legislation that would remove the "gag rule," a regulation that prohibits physicians in federally funded clinics from speaking to patients about abortion. The episode aired on Monday, December 2, 1991, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0009-006-005
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate a proposal for national healthcare reform that aims to control healthcare costs and guarantee health insurance coverage for everyone. The episode aired on Tuesday, November 26, 1991, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0009-006-002
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) plans to accelerate the process of approving new prescription drugs. The episode aired on Thursday, November 21, 1991, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0009-005-013
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the messages on health care and the economy that were sent by voters in the previous week's elections. The episode aired on Tuesday, November 12, 1991, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0009-005-012
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the need to establish strict international safety standards for building and inspecting nuclear power plants. The episode aired on Monday, November 11, 1991, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.